Madrid 2012.Projects 27

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1 Madrid 2012 Projects 27 Created 09-Jul-12 By Ingrid Petit, Paris, France El Mirador de Sanchinarro Madrid, Blanca Lleó asociados housing, social housing, square Kiosk Atocha Monument Museo Nacional Reina Sofia El Croquis Carabanchel Social Housing Atocha Train Station extension Plaza de la Luna Caixa Forum Madrid 7 Madrid Public Housing Puerta de Europa 14 Torres Blancas 15 Villaverde Social Housing 16 Usera Public Library 17 Madrid, Ábalos & Herreros library 8 Regional Archives and Library 18 Madrid, Mansilla + Tuñón archive, library 9 Warehouse 17c Matadero Madrid 19 Madrid, Arturo Franco Díaz exposition space, theatre, workshop 10 Celosia 20 Madrid, MVRDV housing 11 Madrid, Herzog and De Meuron Madrid, David Chipperfield s housing, social housing Madrid, Brut Deluxe park, square 6 Madrid, Rafael Moneo train station 13 Madrid, Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oiza housing, office Madrid, Foreign Office s housing, social housing 5 Madrid, Fernando Marquez Cecilia exposition space, gallery, office Hexágonos Pavilion Madrid, Philip Johnson office madrid, Jean Nouvel museum 4 Madrid, FAM memorial space, monument Madrid, Ramón Vázquez Molezún & José Antonio Corrales exposition space, pavilion Madrid, Brut Deluxe kiosk 3 Santa Ana Church 21 Madrid, Miguel Fisac church 12 Madrid, Thom Mayne housing Vallecas 11 Social Housing 22 Madrid, Somos Arquitectos social housing 1

2 Embajadores Social Housing Madrid, Somos Arquitectos garage, housing, social housing Institute for historical heritage Bridges Cascara Madrid RIO 24 Madrid Río Arganzuela Footbridge 27 La Rayuela and Plaza Ecópolis 28 Madrid, Ecosistema Urbano Arquitectos kindergarten, square 25 Madrid, West 8 bridge Madrid, Dominique Perrault bridge Madrid, Higueras & Miró office 23 Plaça Vila de Madrid 29 Barcelona, BCQ arquitectura fence, square 26 Madrid, Burgos & Garrido leisure, park 2

3 photo: Mieke Vullings photo: Mieke Vullings El Mirador de Sanchinarro Calle Princesa de Éboli Madrid This 22 level building, called Mirador, is located in Sanchinarro, a residential suburb on the north east edge of Madrid surrounded by highways and with views towards the Guadarrama Mountains The most impressive element of the building is the incredible gap of it shape, which acts as a frame for the distant landscape The large communal plaza and lookout at 40 m above the ground is meant to be used by the neighborhood as a meeting area and playground The Mirador contains a wide variety of compact housing types, in total 156 units The architects created a distinctive silhouette by grouping nine blocks The articulation of these blocks is apparent in the exterior palette, equal parts stone, concrete and tile The strips of red indicate the corridors The way the nine blocks are stacked and glued together, they make up a new towering impressive 'superblock' (MVRDV) Blanca Lleó asociados from Madrid were responsible for directing the works Project is not public! Floor area/size m² Technical engineer Project manager Contractor Services engineer Structural engineer Blanca Lleó asociados MVRDV Apartec Colegiados SL Blanca Lleó asociados Dragados y Consytucciones JG & asociados NB35 EMV del Ayuntamiento de Madrid Mieke photo: Mieke Vullings Arrival by car Take the M-40 road in the direction of Hortaleza suburb, and follow the exit to Sanchinarro suburb When you reach that district you will see the building in the skyline Arrival by bus Routes 173, 174 departing from Plaza de Castilla Bus / Metro Station 3

4 photo: Miguel de Guzman photo: Miguel de Guzman Kiosk Avenida Felipe II Madrid In December 2006, 100 kiosks produced by kiosk-maker Primur were installed by the city of Madrid throughout three different handicraft markets They are used during several types of temporary festivities and the open markets through the city These kiosks are made of naturally rusted steel plates The archetypical shape and uniform materialisation makes it look like a very minimalist house The combination of several houses in one square resembles a small village When the kiosk is opened, it transforms into a house with a chimney : the front side is elevated above the roof Different houses are lighted in different colours The lighting gives it another feature: an illuminated publication sign advertising its content, full of surprises photo: Miguel de Guzman Brut Deluxe Primur MI_MOA 4

5 photo: FAM photo: FAM Atocha Monument Avenida Ciudad de Barcelona Madrid photo: FAM This is a monumental tribute to the victims of the terrorist attacks on March 11th, 2004 It consists out of 2 parts, intimately related: the glass cupola and the room underneath it From this room, visitors can watch the inside of the cupola, where messages are visible, printed on the glass These messages were written in the successive days after the bombing The 11 m high glass cupola is formed by 2 different layers: transparent colourless glass blocks and an ETFE membrane The blocks are glued together with acrylic glue that hardens when exposed to ultraviolet light The glue is still transparent, but the ETFE foil contains a 97% transparency, subject to change, according to the pressure within the room The messages will be seen through the glass skin during the day, and appear different during the night The room is accessed directly from the main lobby of the station of Atocha The blue coloured space is like an empty space, in silence, with the light as a protagonist FAM City of Madrid Naomi 24/7 in public space of the blue room: Tuesdays to Sundays: 11am till 2pm and from 5pm till 7pm Closed on Mondays Free entrance Avenida Ciudad de Barcelona right at the crossing at Atocha Accessible from underground, from inside the Atocha train station, or above ground 5

6 photo: Dirk Verwoerd photo: Dirk Verwoerd Museo Nacional Reina Sofia Calle Santa Isabel madrid One of the three major museum extensions taking place in Madrid around 2005 For sure this one is the most expressive one Very spacious set up with a interesting inner courtyard The roof combines all the different parts to one building which cleverly connects it to the existing building structure Floor area/size m² Main designer, Interior architect Jean Nouvel Vidal y Asociados arquitectos Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia + Ministry of Culture Thomas_Boegl photo: Dirk Verwoerd mo- sat sun tue closed metro Atocha 6

7 photo: Thomas Bögl photo: Thomas Bögl El Croquis Avenida de los Reyes Catolicos 9 E Madrid A small building in a typical suburban environment for one of the most well known publishers of architecture magazines in : El Croquis The plot is seen as landscape and the building mirrors one of the rock formations of the surrounding landscape Even the elevations are treated as layered structure A outstanding example how to build in a suburban structure The architects are the main editors and directors of El Croquis they built and designed this themselves The building is not only office space, but is also used a gallery for architecture expositions 1998 Main designer, Fernando Marquez Cecilia Richard C Levene El Croquis ure Magazine Thomas_Boegl photo: Thomas Bögl The gallery is open to the public and the schedule is from 9:30 to 14:30 from Monday to Friday It is 5min walk from the train station, El Escorial Take the train from the Madrid centre 7

8 photo: Sergio Padura photo: Paul Riddle Carabanchel Social Housing Calle Tubas Madrid Foreign Office s gave bamboo a leading role in their latest housing scheme in There were two main reasons for doing so: it's eco-friendly and it's comfortingly cosy Bamboo louvres mounted on folding frames cover the façades of the building in Madrid's Carabanchel public housing development in the city's southern suburbs The basic parallelogram block contains units of different shapes and sizes which, thanks to their tube-like interior, all have a dual east-west orientation as well as access to a private garden on the eastern side The louvres not only provide the necessary protection from the blazing summer sun, but also enhance security and, because they are completely under the control of each unit's occupants, they also highlight the latter's spatial independence photo: Paul Riddle Project is not public! 2007 Foreign Office s GMU GonzaloHerreroDelicado 8

9 photo: Alberto M Sánchez photo: TomAs Martinez Vallerga Atocha Train Station extension Plaza del Emperador Carlos V Madrid The architect Rafael Moneo worked on the extension of the Madrid's first train station, with the intension of making it 4 times bigger and getting short and long distance rail network, together with buses and subways The new building is located behind the old station, which now is the Main Entrance Lobby, that has an Impressive 4000 m2 Tropical Garden with commercial area and restaurants photo: Alberto M Sánchez 1992 Rafael Moneo City of Madrid MVar Take the subway to Atocha Metro Station, or just go there by train 9

10 photo: Estudio BD photo: Roland Halbe Plaza de la Luna Plaza Santa Maria Soledad Torres Acosta) Madrid This is a renovated square in the historical centre A large central space, a perfect setting for urban life; a multi functional, indeterminate and free Steps accommodate and apply geometrical order to the trees and architectural elements such as ramps, stairs and ventilation towers, made out of naturally rusted corten steel, either punched or stamped with a floral motif In the lowest point of the square a water fountain that doubles as a game for children provides a refreshing counter point and at the other end in the highest point of the square, a child s play area was placed close to an area where seniors can exercise in the shade The vegetation was doubled, large chestnut trees greatly changed the overall appearance New lighting was installed that provided a higher level of illumination under the arcades making them safer at night and more adequate for all kinds of activities Granite paving with different contrasted colours allows for a clear lecture of the topography Brut Deluxe City Council of Madrid Brut_Deluxe photo: Miguel de Guzman 10

11 photo: Carlos Dias photo: Carlos Dias Caixa Forum Madrid Paseo del Prado Madrid ml Caixa Forum Madrid is a cultural centre, offering two floors of exhibition space, a restaurant, an auditorium and an excellent bookshop The structure is a conversion of a former power station and is located in the cultural heart of Madrid, near some of 's most important museums The visual image of the Forum is determined by the two façades facing the Paseo del Prado One of these is covered by green plants, creating a vertical garden The other façade consists of a Cor-ten steel addition, built on top of the existing brick complex Floor area/size m², Urban planner Herzog and De Meuron 'La Caixa' Foundation goa photo: Nazar Leskiw Every day from Located near Atocha metro station 11

12 photo: Javier Vázquez Moreno Madrid Public Housing Calle del Patrimonio de la Humanidad Madrid This project in consists of public housing with 141 two-, three- and four-bedroom units, designed by Thom Mayne and built by the EMT in the PAU of Carabanchel, Madrid It is located near other recent housing projects by Isozaki, Alejandro Zaera, Sancho and Madridejos and others The structure consists of an horizontal and a vertical element, built perpendicular to each other to create an L-shaped housing block with a view of the surrounding landscape Project is not public! 2006 Thom Mayne Empresa Municipal de Vivienda javivazquez photo: Javier Vázquez Moreno 12

13 photo: Javier Vázquez Moreno photo: Javier Vázquez Moreno Hexágonos Pavilion Calle Hexágonos Madrid This project used to be the Spanish pavilion for the Brussels World Exposition of 1958, built by architects Ramón Vázquez Molezún and José Antonio Corrales Their work won first prize, after which the pavilion was dismantled and relocated to Madrid The abandoned site still exists and the international allure of the ruin can still be experienced It is considered by experts to be one of the most important pieces of Spanish architecture of the twentieth century photo: Javier Vázquez Moreno Public access unknown! 1958 Ramón Vázquez Molezún & José Antonio Corrales javivazquez 13

14 photo: Nazar Leskiw photo: Marco de Trizio Puerta de Europa Plaza de Castilla Madrid These two office towers flank the Paseo de la Castellana, Madrid's most important boulevard The location of a subway interchange made the placement of the two towers near the street impossible Their bold design is in part a response to the need for the footprints of the towers to be set back from the interchange while at the same time bringing the towers together as a single compositional whole The towers lean towards each other and over the plazas, ensuring their visibility from up and down the Paseo and creating a portal which, being at the Northern end of the business district of Madrid, has been called a metaphorical gateway to Europe The façade of each tower is a composition of a major grid -clad in stainless steel conforming to their structure-, a minor grid of red mullions, and a third grid comprising the light grey mullions of the curtain wall (text from website architect) photo: Manuel González Olaechea y Franco Public access unknown! 1995 Main designer, Philip Johnson John Burgee Marco_De_Trizio 14

15 photo: Allard de Goeij photo: Nazar Leskiw Torres Blancas Avenida de América Madrid This skyscraper in Madrid is 71 metres high and was built between 1964 and 1969 by Spanish architect Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oiza Its façade consists of cylindrical volumes, with round overhanging balconies at the top of the mixed-use building Project is not public! 1969 Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oiza Juan Huarte Marco_De_Trizio photo: Marco De Trizio Try to meet someone who lives in the tower, since the building is normally not open for visitors Metro Cartegena 15

16 photo: José F García Martín photo: José F García Martín Villaverde Social Housing Calle del Berrocal Madrid This project is located in a new development area in the Villaverde district of southern Madrid Comprised of 176 one-, two-, and three-bedroom apartments, it responds to an overall masterplan for the site which requested a single U-shaped block of eight storeys high and which has the appearance of a pitched roof Within the confines of this brief, the design attempted to manipulate these architectural restrictions so as to abstract the normative idea of an apartment block So whereas other neighbouring buildings adopt a symmetrical, double-pitched silhouette, here the traditional relationships of wall and roof are abstracted into a low, single pitch for the bulk of the block, and a small secondary pitch at the building s front edge The materials chosen are earthy-pink concrete for the façade panels and slate-blue concrete for the courtyard portico A dense band of landscaping is located in between, to reach the effect of a rich panel of colours radiating outwards photo: José F García Martín Project is not public! Floor area/size m² Associate architect Associate architect David Chipperfield s José María Fernández Isla Manuel Santolaya Heredero Empressa Municipal de la Vivienda Jose_Garcia 16

17 photo: David Baugh photo: David Baugh Usera Public Library Avenida Rafaela Ybarra Madrid Bib&codigo=227 Sitting on a patch of high ground, the 'Biblioteca publica Jose Hierro' could be described as a castle for the safe keeping of books and other information Upon entering, the first thing one encounters is a dramatic triple height entrance space, followed by the discovery that the the ground floor plan is actually quite extensive, and is not confined to the footprint of the tower above A good way to experience the building is to take the lift up to the top floor and then walk back down the stairs The plan of the tower is divided in a two-thirds/one-third split There are several double height spaces occupying the larger portion, with mezzanine galleries - holding the toilets and quiet study rooms forming the smaller part of the plan Tall slit windows, arranged in an apparently random fashion, allow in natural light The interior walls are covered in abstracted text in different colours Structure is confined to the core and perimeter to leave a largely column-free interior Floor area/size m² Main designer, Ábalos & Herreros Herreros Arquitectos Comunidad de Madrid davidb photo: David Baugh Mondays to Fridays 0830 to 2100 Saturdays, Sundays & holidays 1100 to 1900 Nearest Metro station is Plaza Eliptica Line 6 Bus routes: 6, 47, 60 &

18 photo: Carlos Dias photo: Carlos Dias Regional Archives and Library Calle Ramírez de Prado Madrid El Aguila Brewery has been converted and expanded into a regional library and archives of the city Madrid It is a center for the preservation, custody and dissemination of the documentary heritage of the region aimed at ensuring the transparency of administrative processes and the rights of the citizenthe Regional Archives has 30,000 square meters which are organized into three modules: contributions, storage and public attention The storage building can hold slightly less than 100 km of shelves, divided into six apartments, surrounded by a thermal blanket for a double translucent facade that is a response to the challenge of the architectural design within the limits imposed by legislation fire prevention The Regional Library covers 10,000 square meters Contains a varied program of multimedia libraries in the renovated industrial spaces The brewery silos that were used for storage now store books Contractor Mansilla + Tuñón Dragados y Consytucciones Comunidad de Madrid (Madrid Regional Government) photo: Carlos Dias Monday - Friday: 09:00-21:00 MI_MOA Metro: lines Delicias (L3) and Méndez Álvaro (L6) Trenes de Cercanías: Delicias (Líneas C-5, C-7b and C-10) Bus: 8 and

19 photo: Carlos Fernández Piñar photo: Carlos Fernández Piñar Warehouse 17c Matadero Madrid Paseo de la Chopera Madrid Warehouse 17c Matadero Madrid is an ongoing project of new spaces for artistic creation that doesn't fit into traditional spaces; comparable to 'Palais de Tokyo' in Paris and 'PS 16' in New York Started in 2006, the expected completion of the renovation of this former slaughterhouse Arganzuela is 2011 The project serves as an opportunity to explore renovation possibilities, reducing the intervention to a necessary minimum but with maximum expressivity No clean cuts, but raw joints and as simple as possible Materials come straight from the industrialization, unchanged and in standard measurements; eventually ready for reuse Floor area/size m² Associate architect Structural engineer Associate architect Arturo Franco Díaz Diego Castellanos Exisa SA Fabrice van Teslaar Arts council of Madrid City Allard_de_Goeij photo: Carlos Fernández Piñar From Tuesdays to Fridays - from 4pm to 10pm Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays - from 11am to 10pm Metro "Legazpi" subway exit (Line 3 and 6) 19

20 photo: Alberto M Sánchez photo: Carlos Dias Celosia Calle de Isabel Clara Eugenia Madrid Edificio Celosia means Lattice building This social housing project is an alternative solution to the closed block The proposal aspires to be a construction system rather than a unique building The block, in the form of lattice, mixes 30 constructed boxes and 30 empty spaces Those empty spaces are for intermediate neighbourhood life The volumes contain homes of 1, 2 and 3 bedrooms and the vertical courtyards are common spaces open to crossed perspectives in all directions The birds, wind and the sun cut through the building The mold building system tests the effectiveness and quality of a faster and more sustainable construction (text from website Blanca Lleo) photo: Alberto M Sánchez Project is not public! Floor area/size m² Main designer, MVRDV Blanca Lleó asociados Ayuntamiento de Madrid and EVMS MI_MOA Metro ML 1 to Álvarez de Villaami 20

21 photo: Gustavo de las Heras Izquierdo photo: Gustavo de las Heras Izquierdo Santa Ana Church Calle de la Cañada Madrid In Moratalaz, a suburb of Madrid, stands a church designed by Miguel Fisac in 1965 The structure is full of plastic vigour and renewed functional intentions In Fisac's own words: This is the first church which I designed with liturgical directives from the Vatican Council II The spatial approach was totally different The first proposal was a new way of arranging the people that come to the church, making the participation more directly by seating them around the altar in an oval form The second one is the consecration and communion area, where two cavities were made in the vertical wall of the apse The third cavity is dedicated to the Saint and vertically illuminated The building is topped by an expressionist roof as a result of Fisac's interest in concrete and beam-bone structures photo: Gustavo de las Heras Izquierdo 1965 Miguel Fisac Arzobispado de Madrid Zoroastro Sundays and Holidays: during services Metro: Line 9 / Artilleros Bus: Lines 8, 20, 30 &

22 photo: Somos Arquitectos photo: Somos Arquitectos Vallecas 11 Social Housing Bulevar de la Naturaleza Madrid This is another social housing project in the Vallecas district of Madrid, designed by Somos Arquitectos In this case, the main skin is an opal, polycarbonate façade with panels perforated with circles in different configurations The building dissapears in the corner The three upper levels, floating in the air, are held by one floor-high, reinforced concrete beams All the main finishes are made in plastic materials, including indoor and outdoor lighting, interior rubber floorings, etc photo: Somos Arquitectos Project is not public! Floor area/size m² Somos Arquitectos EMVS (Empresa Municipal de la vivienda y el Suelo) ESTUDIOSOMOS 22

23 photo: Somos Arquitectos photo: Somos Arquitectos Embajadores Social Housing Corner of Calle Rodio and Calle del Plomo Madrid This social housing block completes the volume of an already existing private housing development The materials, openings, scale and orientation try to detach from the usual brick construction systems Clearly focused onto an open green area, it dresses its south-west façade with bright-blue louvers while the others, made out in prefab concrete, form a cube which seems to float over the neighbour's yellow fence A robot-parking system takes care of the small amount of space left in the tiny plot Project is not public! Floor area/size m², Interior architect, Landscape architect Somos Arquitectos ESTUDIOSOMOS photo: Somos Arquitectos EMVS (Empresa municipal de la Vivienda y el Suelo) 23

24 photo: Stef Bogaerds photo: Stef Bogaerds Institute for historical heritage Calle De El Greco Madrid The Center for Artistic Restoration (now: Institute for Historical Heritage) by Fernando Higueras and Antonio Miró, is among the many notable campus buildings that sits in the vast expanse of the Ciudad Universitaria on the western edge of Madrid It is one of the clearest examples of an interest in Italian architectural positions within the increasingly open academic discourse of the 1960s that saw influential visits from Bruno Zevi, Gio Ponti, and others Here, the architects work in the organic and structurally expressive mode, a counterpoint to the many significant works of the Francoist period that draw from the rationalist/classicist lineage photo: Stef Bogaerds Project is not public! 1970 Higueras & Miró stef_mimoa Metro: Ciudad Universitaria 10 minutes walk It is on the other side of the highway (A-6) 24

25 photo: Peter Arnts photo: Peter Arnts Bridges Cascara Madrid RIO Av del Manzanares Madrid West 8, working together with MRIO, designed the master plan for the reclaimed riverbanks and the new urban area above the tunnels of the M30 highway in Madrid Parque de la Arganzuela and the Salon de Pinos are connected by two slow traffic bridges, the Puentes Cascara In contrary to usually technical and pragmatic pedestrian infrastructural bridges they create a place where the river is really experienced They are designed as a massive concrete dome with a rough texture The bridges have the scale of park elements and not of the infrastructure More than one hundred cables resembling whale baleens wearing the slim steel deck The fine detailing becomes visible when entering the bridge The ceilings have a mosaic of the Spanish artist Daniel Canogar In the edge of the ceiling the lighting is included which illuminates the artwork and the deck by reflection photo: Peter Arnts Main designer, Landscape architect Landscape architect Artist West 8 stef_mimoa MRIO Arquitectos Daniel Canogar City of Madrid Metro: Legazpi (lines 3 and 6) or Usera (line 6)/ from here it's a 10 minute's walk 25

26 photo: Robin Berghuijs photo: Wouter Mulder Madrid Río Av del Manzanares Madrid photo: Paul Klõceiko In 2005 a consortium of three Madrilean and one Dutch office came up with the winning proposal for the M30 project Their design called for the tunnelling of 6 kilometres of highway alongside the Manzanares river in Madrid On top of this, a large park connecting the north to the south of Madrid was placed The removal of the busy highway created a quiet atmosphere that had not been there before A total of 47 sub-projects have since been developed in the 6 years that the work was carried out Along this corridor all sorts of installations were placed The first opened in 2007 and everything was completed by 2011 The park features an urban beach of 11930m², of which 6500 are relaxing areas protected by around new 300 trees There are 5 playgrounds, a 4300m² platform for cultural events, and a new municipal police station Floor area/size m² Main designer, Landscape architect Landscape architect Landscape architect Landscape architect Burgos & Garrido Robin Porras & La Casta Arquitectos Rubio & Álvarez-Sala Arquitectos West 8 City of Madrid The park is open 24/7 Metro stops: Intercambiador de Principe Pio and Legazpi are at opposite ends of the park In between, there are many more 26

27 photo: João Pereira de Sousa photo: João Pereira de Sousa Arganzuela Footbridge Paseo de las Yeserias Madrid Designed to link the neighbourhoods on the right and left banks of the river, the Arganzuela Footbridge will be the longest of all the bridges to be built The bridge will be for both pedestrians and cyclists The footbridge enables people to cross from one side of the park to the other while also providing direct access to the park below Cone like in structure, the bridge has two interlocking metal spirals, wrapped by a metallic ribbon Spaced wooden slats make up the floor of the bridge, allowing the rays of the sun to penetrate through to the park below The cones' geographic location creates a belvedere over the park and the surrounding city as well as an exceptional location from which it will be possible to admire the famous Toledo Bridge Shaded during the day, the promenade becomes luminous at night photo: João Pereira de Sousa Floor area/size m², Urban planner Structural engineer Technical engineer Dominique Perrault Mc2 TYPSA, Madrid Madrid City Council Joao_Sousa Just head towards the river Manzanares at Parque de Arganzuela, near the Piramides metro station 27

28 photo: Javier de Paz Garcia photo: Javier de Paz Garcia La Rayuela and Plaza Ecópolis Calle Electrodo s/n Rivas Madrid The project involves a kindergarten and a public square with an awning envelope: Escuela Infantil "La Rayuela" + Plaza Ecópolis 2010 Ecosistema Urbano Arquitectos Rivas Municipality jpg photo: Javier de Paz Garcia All the day [Public space] 28

29 photo: BCQ arquitectura barcelona photo: BCQ arquitectura barcelona Plaça Vila de Madrid Plaça Vila de Madrid s/n Barcelona The design sets out to revitalize the square as an urban pedestrian space, celebrating its archaeological site The project proposed a central stretch of grass on the same level as CCanuda and the eastern side of the square The grassy surface slopes gently down to the level of the Roman necropolis Before the Palau Sabassona building, a strip of pavement with a portico provides a platform from which to view the tombs A walkway projects over the archaeological remains, joining up with the prolongation of CDuc de la Victòria, which connects with the Rambla via a shopping arcade This walkway houses a flexible system of retracting sliding doors, constructed to control access to the archaeological site The outer edge of the square is developed using the construction materials and street furniture habitually found in Barcelona's old town Grass, basaltic stone and Corten steel are introduced into the centre, however, the latter being used in walls to protect the existing trees photo: BCQ arquitectura barcelona Floor area/size m², Landscape architect BCQ arquitectura BCQarquitecturaBarcelona Foment de Ciutat Vella, Barcelona City Council 29